Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

This war started and ended hastily. Batu Khan of the Golden Horde led an army of more than 100,000 and rushed to the border of Hungary with great momentum.

I was so high-spirited when I came here, but ended up spending a few months here and then leaving in disgrace.

There is no way. This war cannot be fought at all, or it can be said that it cannot be fought at all. Everything depends on strength, and the strength is hard.

Originally, Batu was very confident that his Golden Horde was extremely powerful, even more powerful than the Mongol Empire founded by his grandfather, and that it had a bright and glorious future.

This is what Batu thought after the Western Expedition ended and he established his own Khanate. However, sometimes, reality is often cruel and the strength of the Golden Horde is only on the surface.

Because of the opening of the East-West trade routes in recent years, ordinary herdsmen of the Golden Horde, and even the Golden Horde itself, have obtained a lot of resources. This made Batu blindly believe that the Golden Horde was extremely powerful and that hundreds of thousands of grassland cavalry were enough to crush all forces.

But when the war really started, the Mongolians' hunting tactics and large-scale roundabout tactics were completely ineffective, as the enemy built high city walls.

They hid on the city walls and used stones and bows and arrows to fight against their own country's army, but their Mongolian cavalry and grassland cavalry were of no use at all.

The tactics of Genghis Khan's era were more like wolf pack tactics, which required the coordination of an entire team and the soldiers to be fearless and brave, but more importantly, it required the enemy to be careless. This was when Grandpa Genghis Khan rose to power.

The Jin Dynasty never took Genghis Khan seriously until the Battle of Yehuling, when Genghis Khan won the world in one battle and laid the foundation of the Mongol Empire.

At this time, the Jin people could no longer pay attention to Genghis Khan. After passing through the north, the entire Hebei region was lost. Then Genghis Khan launched the first westward expedition.

Knowing that their own fighting power was so strong, the Mongolian cavalry began to sweep across the world. It had only been a few years since the Mongolian army reached its peak in his generation.

Unexpectedly, the Golden Horde lagged behind not only in tactics but also in weapons and equipment. They lost the Han craftsmen and craftsmen of other nationalities. The Mongols were no match for them because they only knew how to fight and herd, and nothing else.

In contrast, the empire Zhang Yong established in the East became increasingly powerful, even overwhelming the entire Mongolian grassland, making the Mongolian army an army under his command.

Who can represent the true Mongolian orthodoxy now? The answer is obvious. After Zhang Yong conquered the entire Mongolian grassland, the number of Mongolian cavalry under his command reached more than 100,000.

Moreover, these Mongolian cavalrymen were loyal to Zhang Yong and would only obey his orders. (It should be noted here that the Mongolians began to worship Genghis Khan only after the Golden Family was officially established and in its most glorious period. For a long time, during the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolians were even the main force of the rebellion, and the grassland troops were the most rebellious. At that time, the Mongolians basically followed you as long as you could feed them and put on clothes. Moreover, the Mongolian ethnic group was a tribe established by Genghis Khan. In name, as long as you joined Genghis Khan's Mongolian Empire, you were a Mongolian. But in the end, in order to enhance the superiority of the grassland people, the Mongolian grassland was drawn and became exclusive to the Mongolians.)
"Batu Khan! Don't be discouraged, it's just a failure." A prince of the Golden Horde said.

When the others heard this, they rolled their eyes. What are you talking about, you bastard? Can't you see that Lord Khan is so sad and upset?
"Failure? How did we fail? We were just withdrawing our troops because those Nanluo people were attacking our rear. We had no choice but to withdraw. It's not that we couldn't defeat them." A general of the Golden Horde spoke immediately.

"That is to say, although we did not capture their city, they also did not do anything to us. Do you think they dare to come out and fight us in the field?"

Although they have lost many advanced weapons, if the European armies dare to come out for a field battle, even the current Golden Horde can teach them a lesson.

But the question is, why would they use their weaknesses to attack your strengths? Wouldn't it be better to just hide in the castle and waste time with you?

Hungary can continuously transport food and grass to provide supplies to the army. I can deal with you by hiding in the castle and throwing stones and shooting arrows at you. Why should I go out of the city and fight?
"Stop talking. Hasn't this battle woke you up? Our Golden Horde has developed too fast in recent years and has made a lot of money.

All the generals, nobles, and princes have led a life of drunkenness and debauchery, and we have all become corrupt.

My grandfather Genghis Khan was right. We grassland people cannot live too well. Once we live too well, our ferocity, our ruthlessness, and our talent for fighting will all be gone. "Batu sighed heavily and said.

He now had some understanding of what Genghis Khan meant back then. Why did Genghis Khan not allow his descendants to live in the Central Plains?
The Central Plains region is better than where they live now, more prosperous and more comfortable.

Those who enjoy life like the Mongols will degenerate the fastest. This has even become a curse for the grassland peoples, as if every grassland force cannot escape this after its rise.

"Batu Khan! Why do you have to encourage others? We, we didn't even fight them head-on this time. They are just a bunch of cowards.

They didn't come to fight us at all. We were forced to withdraw because the Southern Rus region attacked our retreat. "Because of the arrival of the Golden Horde, he spoke.

Seeing his Khan so dejected, he felt very sad and tried to say something to cheer up the Khan.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Even if there was no betrayal in the Southern Ross region, we wouldn't be able to fight this war for long." Batu said.

Are these generals trying to comfort him or ridicule him? Why bother to brag? Defeat is defeat, there is no excuse.

"Okay, stop talking. Let's go back immediately and defeat the army in Southern Russia. I won't attack Hungary again. This eldest son can only be considered unlucky!" Batu sighed heavily.

Speaking of the greatest pain in the world, one of them is the death of a loved one! When the messenger came back crying and placed a nearly dried human head in front of him, Batu was completely devastated.

He was then caught in an unparalleled exposure. He vowed to make Zhang Yong pay the price, but in the end, he couldn't even catch one of his illegitimate children.

If I had accepted Zhang Yong's kindness, his opinions, and his help at that time, my Golden Horde should be a good ally with him now.

A lot of benefits can be obtained, the East-West trade routes will be more prosperous, and the army of the Golden Horde will not be so cowardly, not even having decent weapons and armor, and even returning to the primitive tribal period.

But if all this, if I choose correctly, then none of this will happen, and even my army will be equipped with top-level armor from the East.

No wonder, no wonder Kublai Khan, even though you had such a quarrel with Zhang Yong, you still had to do business with him and didn't even dare to raise any tariffs.

Because you know, the one who will suffer the greatest loss by doing this is yourself. Kublai Khan had written a letter to himself not long ago, persuading himself not to send troops.

Even if a war was to be launched, the best target should be the Southern Russia region, and wiping out the Southern Russia region was what he had to do. But Batu didn't care about that at the time.

He thought his army was still the invincible Mongolian cavalry. If he had listened to Kublai Khan's advice earlier, he might have pacified the Southern Russia region by now. But now the situation is uncertain, and he attacked the Kingdom of Hungary.

The Kingdom of Hungary and even the Eastern Roman Empire were friends with the Southern Russia region. If they rashly attacked the Southern Russia region.

Then the Eastern Roman Empire will definitely not sit idly by, and it may turn out to be another protracted war.

"Forget it, stop talking, let's withdraw our troops! Let's start doing business with these European merchants again.

The tariffs have also been restored to their previous levels. I hope they will continue to do business with me. As for the East, if they dare to come, we will have to fight them to the death. "Batu said.

Now the only thing they can do is to fight desperately, but perhaps they can provide some assistance to Kublai Khan, such as providing him with some livestock, cattle and sheep, and then exchange some food from him. Kublai Khan chose Samarkand as the capital, which was once the capital of Khwarezm.

Kublai Khan is very capable and with his own support, he might be able to stop Zhang Yong's attack.

The army of Southern Rus soon came across the army of the Golden Horde, and the two sides fought a war. In the field battle, the Mongolian cavalry of the Golden Horde still had the upper hand and quickly defeated the coalition forces in Southern Rus, who then fled back to the Kievan Rus region.

But that was where it ended. Batu also wanted to expand his victory, but the logistical supply could not keep up, and the Eastern Roman Empire had begun to send troops to support the Southern Rus region.

The Northern Ross region was also unable to spare manpower to help him, because the nobles and grand dukes who were enthroned by him were busy suppressing the rebellion in the country.

This turmoil lasted for a whole year. The Golden Horde was busy fighting Hungary on both ends but failed and withdrew in disgrace. Southern Russia was defeated by them, but the greatest result could not be achieved.

Kublai Khan could only continue to rule the Northern Russia region, while resuming trade with Europe, and then began to fully support Kublai Khan and prepare to resist the coming war.

After the war, the morale of the Hungarian army was greatly boosted because this time they defeated the Mongolian army head-on and successfully defended their country.

In the months after the end of the war, the whole of Hungary was filled with celebration. Queen Maria and the little king also rewarded the nobles and knights who participated in the battle, and even ordinary soldiers received rewards.

Just when everyone was in a state of illusion, a messenger from the East broke the tranquility.

"Queen, something happened. Our merchant ship was attacked."

"What? Why were our merchant ships attacked?" Queen Maria frowned and asked.

Are you kidding me? This sea route has just been opened up. They had smooth passage before and there were no pirates nearby. Why were they suddenly attacked?

"Not only our ship, but also some other European merchant ships and even ships from the East have been attacked. Now the waters in the entire Egyptian region have been blocked." said a noble.

"All the caravans were attacked. What is going on? Who attacked them? Are they from Egypt?" Queen Maria asked with some confusion.

That's not right! If such a large merchant fleet was attacked, the only ones who could take action would be the local country.

"Queen Maria is one of the followers of Allah who attacked our Mamluk dynasty, the Ayyubid dynasty, their Abbasid dynasty, and even the old man in the Eagle's Nest Mountain, all issued a joint statement condemning us.

They said we had set foot on their sacred land and disrupted their business, so from now on they would block the entire Egyptian road and not allow any ships to pass through. The noble minister immediately told them the whole story.

Originally, at the beginning, Western explorers began to open up a trade route to the East. Before the Golden Horde completely closed the East-West trade route, many explorers had already sailed their ships to the East.

King John of the East was also very interested in opening up this trade route, and he also organized a large fleet to transport goods from the East to Europe. It was originally a very good trade, but it touched the interests of some people.

The goods from the East had previously been purchased by these believers of Allah from Eastern merchants, then transported to the West and sold to them.

The Silk Road, the trade route connecting the East and the West, is beyond the control of the followers of Allah.

That was the territory of the Golden Horde. Although they also believed in Allah, the Abbasid Caliphate, the Ayyubid Caliphate, and the Mamluk Caliphate did not recognize them.

In the past, the Egyptians would allow small-scale merchant ships to trade after charging considerable fees, but this did not mean that they would allow or tolerate such large-scale caravans to travel.

Trade with the East has always been the basis for the survival of these countries. If the connection is suddenly disconnected, their losses will be enormous.

"Those YSL people were doing business with us just fine before. Why, why did they suddenly attack our ships?" asked Queen Maria.

I finally opened up a sea route, and by sailing on the sea, I could reach the East in one or two months.

She even decided to take some time to go to the East to see her man for a few months after her son grew up a little, but she didn't expect that this new sea trade route that had just been opened would be blocked.

"These believers of Allah detained all our goods, including those of the Eastern merchants. Basically, all the goods were detained, and some who were unwilling to hand over the goods were killed by them."

"What? How could this happen? How dare they do this? What's the difference between this and robbery? Are our people okay? Have they been detained?" Queen Maria asked.

"Your Highness, that's not the case. They just detained the goods and forced the merchant ships from the east and the west to return the same way, completely blocking the entire shipping lane."

"Can we go over and negotiate with them and see if they are willing to reopen the trade route?" Queen Maria asked with a frown.

Are you kidding me? In this situation, how can I go to the East to meet my man? And the business between the East and the West cannot be cut off!
The black tea, various porcelain, silk and other products here are selling quite well. Once the supply is cut off, the business in Hungary will also be affected.

"I'm afraid that won't work. Large merchant ships are not allowed to pass through now. Only small ships that don't carry any valuable cargo are allowed to pass through. The Egyptians will only let them pass after collecting tolls.

As for the large merchant ships, the Egyptians said that in the future, the goods from the East and the West can only be sold to them at a low price, and then if we need them, we can buy them from them. "The minister said helplessly.

The Egyptians just want to be the top middleman, and they will definitely make enough profit from the difference between the two prices. They buy your goods at a low price, and then sell them to the other party at a high price. It is completely a freeloader behavior.

"You should immediately send an envoy to the Eastern Roman Empire to discuss this matter with John III of the Eastern Roman Empire, and at the same time prepare a ship to go to the East.

Report this matter to King John in the East. We must handle this matter well. This sea route has just been opened and must not be disconnected." Queen Maria said.

"Yes! Your Majesty, we will send envoys to the East and the Roman Empire right away."

More than three months later, Zhang Yong heard the news that the merchant caravan he had sent out, which included dozens of ships full of goods, were all seized by the Egyptian side.

"You bastards, you seized the cargo of dozens of merchant ships and even killed my people." Zhang Yong slammed the letter on the table angrily and shouted.

Mamluk Dynasty, we had an agreement at that time that I would impose tariffs on you and the West would also impose tariffs on you.

Our caravans can pass through your waters unimpeded, but now you are playing this trick. (End of this chapter)